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I used this tutorial & it works great. But only for logging on following a boot, reboot, restart. If you are resuming after a hibernate, this tutorial is not enough. This is something I find totally counterintuitive. You'd think they're all the same. It's the same logon screen whether you reboot or resume so why are there 2 completely separate settings? That's a rhetorical question. I know there's various configurations that might justify it. But from the point of view of a dumb end user (moi) it should have all been taken care of with this tutorial. But n o o o o o o o o . . . .

So my suggestion is that somewhere near the top of this tutorial, make it clear that it covers only the fresh boot/restart scenario and make a reference to the other tutorial for covering resume from hibernate or sleep. The other tutorial is here:

By the way, that other tutorial says there's an Option One, and an Option One, and an Option Three. I've heard of a phobia about the number 13 but I've never heard of a phobia about the number 2. Then again, I suppose it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round . . .

i have tried this approach for Windows server 2012 R2 and is not working.

My actual scenario is, i need to run UFT scripts through windows scheduler in Virtual Machine and i have scheduled the task for the same which is working fine when VM is logged in. But i suppose to automatically login to the VM only at the task scheduled time and starts the execution. Please let me know whether the auto login is possible through Task scheduler or..

How to enable wifi automatically at startup ?Hi
I'm new to 7 (all my desktops are XP Home).
With XP, the OS just connects automatically to my home wireless network.
However with this netbook, I have to do it manually everytime I reboot - it's a real pain.
Not sure if this OS, hardware or both.

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